COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONBottled, seasonal
single hop simcoe IPA
This Christmas, wish for a green Christmas. Where flurries of hop flakes blanket the world like you’ve never seen it before. And crunching through crisp, sparkling drifts releases billows of pineapple, citrus and papaya with every step. The reign of the snow angel is over. Long live the hop angel where parks and playgrounds become adorned with the outlines of celestial beings that fell to Earth from angry looking emerald clouds. Tune in to breakfast TV to find life’s on hold for 24 hours as this ’hop day’ demands you rocket down a hill on the back of a baking tray. Or simply raise a glass of this festive IPA as we wish you a very hoppy Christmas.

Small bottle. Light orange/amber body with a small head. Aroma has pine needles and pineapple. Rather sweet malty taste with medium level hoppiness. Expected to taste some ginger or spices but it’s just a regular Brewdog style IPA. Smilar to Punk but a bit stronger.

It is more hoppy than it is Christmas. But now the boys from BrewDog the already known to abstract from everything called common tradition for beers, so of course they launch not one sugared dark malty beer with Belgian influences for Christmas. Only slightly Christmas touch is a delicious aroma of orange mixed with a little spicy tones. The flavor is excellent hopped on a very elegant shape and contains besides orange also a slight malty sweetness that finely balances the otherwise hops bitter dryness.

35cl bottle at my house but bought form cerveteca bar in Lisbon. It pours a clear orange colour with a creamy and consistent white head. Aroma is grapefruit, tropical fruits, resins and pineapple. Taste is fruity, hoppy, some pines, some papaya, tropical fruits and a very bittersweet balanced flavour overall. It has a medium body and low carbonation. A very flavourful and yet balanced IPA. Very suitable in Winter and Summer alike. Another great brew from BrewDog.

Deep, orange body, faintly misted (chill haze?) with fine carbonation and a well established, off-white and tight foam that laces well. There is honey and caramelised oranges on the nose, some apricot and cumquat amongst your usual suspects. Bountifully aromatic and on the sweeter side with no hint of that alcohol. Quite laid back and streamlined on the palate. The explosive fruit nose is turned down a notch as far as flavour. Fruit dominated with a sweet, toasted malt front and a bready mid-palate. Light bodied and soft with an oily finish. Drinks like a 4 per center. Bitter, piney finish with some juicy fruit lingering long. It is easy to drink, balanced and tasty enough but just doesn’t excite me the way I wanted it too. Doesn’t really stand out from other IPA’s on the market. (33cL, BB 01/08/15, The LIquor Shed, Jandakot)

the aroma is excellent... tropical fruits, pine, grapefruit and spices... the taste is well-balanced... fruity and hoppy, with notes of pine needles, citrus, papaya, pineapple and spicy herbs... sweet and bitter and spicy aftertaste...

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